Kevork Oskanian, University of Birmingham The Trump administration’s surprise missile strike on Syria raised many more questions than it answered – and the most pressing are those related to the future of the US’s relationship with Russia. The signs are not good. The...

Ivan Kurilla, European University at St Petersburg There are several explanations for why relations between Russia and the United States having been in decline since 2010, from Russia’s increasingly aggressive postures (especially regarding Ukraine) to US support of...

In less than two weeks, the Trump administration has done an about face moving from focusing on domestic issues to aggressively posturing itself in the midst of foreign policy flare-ups. While tensions with North Korea may have somewhat tempered down, the Trump White...

Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Moscow trip, media reports say Japan and Russia are developing 20 joint projects in several sectors, including energy and medicine. Under a new deal, Japan’s Mitsui will buy 10-20 per cent of shares of Russian...

Chinese authorities are looking for ways to fast-track economic reform, moving focus from an economy that is based on manufacturing and industry toward consumer-driven services. On Monday, they began to examine ways to amend the Standardization Law of 1989 which...